Philip Teddy Thomas Dumbuya, commonly known as Teddy, a Gospel musician in the east of Freetown, has said on Tuesday that, he has released a song titled ‘Water Sai Stone’.
According to Dumbuya, the song inspires confidence in God as the source of life. He said that no matter what a man does and goes through in life one needs to put God above every other thing because He has never moved and would never move from his position.
He explained that, he started his career in music at age 4 through ministering other Gospel musicians’ songs in the church.
He said he is an instrumentalist, a song writer and a vocal coach.
Teddy explained that he gets inspiration from the environment to write some of his music and also writes from his personal experiences, good and bad.
He revealed that he does Pop, Gospel, Funk, Country and Afro music, and had imbued knowledge in music from the church where he serves as a chorister.
“One of the musicians who really inspired me in my music career was my father. He also was a gospel musician in the 90’s.I had the talent, but he was the one who inspired me, nurtured me , gave me the platform, ushered me and gave me all what it takes to become a musician,” he explained.
He said that he has done songs like: ‘Lay for you’, ‘Water Sai Stone’ and ‘The Ocean Divider’.
By Ibrahim S.Bangura
16/07/2020. ISSUE NO.: 7867